Exercise on General Knowledge – 29
Daily ten questions will be given. The answer key will be published after three days. For three days answer keys as one post will be made. Please do exercise and discuss in the groups.
274. In “The Travels of Gulliver”, what is the first thing two Lilliputians discuss when they meet in the morning?
(a) The weather (b) The health of the sun (c) The latest royal decree (d) Their breakfast
275. “The Man Who Knew Infinity” is the biography of:
(a) Rene Descartes (b) Stephen Hawking (c) Albert Einstein (d) S. Ramanujan
276. What was the original name of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ when Lewis Carroll first showed it to novelist Henry Kingsley in 1863?
(a) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (b) Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (c) The Adventures of Alice (d) Wonderland Adventures of Alice
277. The author of the book “Waiting for the Mahatma” is:
(a) R.K. Narayan (b) N.A. Palkhiwala (c) Amrita Pritam (d) M. Malgonkar
278. Under the patronage of which ruler of the Javanese house of Mataram, was the epic poem ‘Arjuna Vivaha’ written?
(a) King Sanjaya (b) King Airlangga (c) King Kertanegara (d) King Hayam Wuruk
279. To whom, in his own words, did Rudyard Kipling dedicate his collection, ‘Plain Tales From the Hills’?
(a) To his mother (b) To his wife (c) To the wittiest woman in India (d) To the people of India
280. ‘Beyond the Last Blue Mountain’ is R.M. Lala’s biography of which Indian?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) J.R.D. Tata (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
281. Which of Agatha Christie’s books was the first to be serialised in the Evening News under the title ‘Anna the Adventure’?
(a) The Mysterious Affair at Styles (b) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (c) The Man In The Brown Suit (d) The Secret Adversary
282. Who has authored the book A Brief History of Time?
(a) Carl Sagan (b) Isaac Asimov (c) John Gribbin (d) Stephen Hawking
283. The book ‘Living with Honour’ is written by: (a) Arundhati Roy (b) Shiv Khera (c) Pramod Batra (d) Vikram Seth
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